Medieval Europe Part I
The Fall of Rome
1. ____________ was invaded by many ____________________ ________________.
2. The fall of Rome caused many __________________:
a. ________________ was no longer _____________ under one ____________.
b. Cities started to lose ____________________ and ________________.
c. _________________ stopped ______________________.
3. Europe lacked unity because the ___________________ Empire was
_________________.
4. _________________ killed many ________________. These invaders were the
Germanic tribes. Each tribe had its own ______________________.
5. These invasions led to the the loss of:
a.
b.
c.
6. Cities declined because:
a. There were no ______________.
b. ____________ wasn't being _________________.
c. ___________ weren't safe from __________________ and _________________.
7. Results:
a. ________________ started ______________ to the ____________________ (farm
lands)
b. People started to _________________ ____________.
c. Harder for _______________________ ___________________ to happen.
8. Learning declined because:
a. ____________________ tribes didn't have a _________________ language.
b. Life depending on ________________________.
c. People now lived ____________________ __________________.
9. Results:
a. All _________________________ and _____________ ideas from the
____________ are forgotten.
b. _________________ changes and only the _______________ can
______________ it.
c. This leads to the _______________ __________ of ______________________.
Barbarian Invaders
1. Invaders included:
a.
b. __________________ who came from __________ and settled in
________________.
c. Vikings who moved from _______________________ to _________________.
d. _______________ & ___________________ who moved from mainland
_________________________ to ____________________.
2. Because of invaders, people had to create new ways to _______________
____________. This included building ______________ to protect
____________________ from __________________.
3. This also caused _______________ to slow ______________, destroyed
______________, and made the __________________ ___________________ strong.
Feudalism
1. During the invasions, there was no __________________ government or
_____________.
2. To protect themselves from invaders, people ___________________ a new type of
_________________________ called ___________________.
3. Feudalism:
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
.
4. In the feudal system the _____________ owns land and gives small sections to
________________________ ____________________. This land is called a ____________.
5. The ______________ _____________ then get to decided what they do with that
___________________. BUT, they must ___________ the ____________ and give him
________________ for an ____________. These nobles are called _________________.
6. The ______________ take this land and give it to _______________, who then have
to give _____________ and _____________ to the king and lord. To get the food,
vassals use _____________ who are people who were _______________ to work on
______________.
7. The king then gets ________________ (soldiers) who protect ________ of his lands.
8. The _________________ was part of the feudal system. This _______________ the
_____________________. Lords gave _________________ (farmers & workers)
_________________, ___________________, and _____________ to help them do their
______________.
9. In return, _________________ had to give the lords _______________, ______________,
and other things __________________ for ______________________ life.